CO-OP Restaurant & Bar
American · Philadelphia · $$
American · Philadelphia, PA · $$
The Garden Restaurant is a locally inspired, chef-driven lunch and brunch destination nestled in the Barnes Foundation. Helmed by Executive Chef, Michael O'Meara, the Garden Restaurant’s rotational full-service menu celebrates local sourcing and seasonal ingredients. Our spacious light-filled indoor dining room features an energetic open kitchen and looks out on private walled garden offering additional al fresco seating options (weather permitting). Our menu boasts both light and hearty selections, house made desserts and a curated list of local beers and wines served by the glass.
“Wow!! What an amazing find!! The food was fantastic, the drink of the day was delicious and refreshing, even the water they provide at your table is good. I would definitely come back for the food, and stay for the art. (Just kidding) The Barnes Foundation is class from tip to toe!! Give them a try, you won’t be disappointed!!”
“The food and service at the Garden Restaurant Cafe were as excellent as the art at the Barnes Foundation. The Semplice was perfectly arranged and one of the best tasting salads I had. The cheeseburger was prepared exactly how I asked for -- medium rare. Butterscotch Budino was outstanding. Lovely window views. Host, kitchen staff, and servers were all welcoming and helpful.”
“Very nice fine dining experience after visiting the art exhibit. The dining area is very spacious with an open kitchen. I was surprised how quiet it was with an open kitchen. We had the choice to eat inside or out, although the garden looked nice, it was very hot out. The staff were young and very attentive and personable too. A plus, for a party of six it felt like we were constantly attended too. A variety of dishes were ordered, tuna melt was poplar and well received. Chicken Salad BLT on fresh sourdough bread, roasted cauliflower salad with a side of chicken salad, and lastly Chicken Milanese. All were excellent. For desert we shared a Lemon olive oil loaf. It was like a moist pound cake. The price was in keeping with the venue and other restaurants like The Garden Restaurant. It was a nice treat and if presented with same opportunity I would do it again.”
“Excellent restaurant at the museum. Perhaps the best museum restaurant in the area. Limited menu, but what they offered were quite good with high quality in food preparation and presentation. We enjoyed the salad, grilled salmon, steak and chicken salad BLT. Service was superb. Decent wine list.”
“Disappointed by how shockingly bad the food was. Beautiful setting and kind servers. Food was very bad. Got avocado toast. I did not like anything on my plate. Brown avocado with not even salt. Bread was burnt to a crisp. Salad tasted fishy for some reason. No salt or seasoning anywhere. This place has so much potential but missed the mark on food.”
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